Improvement in bench-vises



P. RIMBOMDf Bench-Vise.

No.162,692 Patented April27,1875.

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PIERRE RIMBOLD, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BENCH-VISES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 162,692, dated April27, 1875; application filed December 7, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,'PIERRE RIMBoLD, of San Antonio, in the county ofBexar and State of Texas, have invented a new and 1mprovedSliding-Carriage Vise for larpenters Bench and 1 do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view; Fig. 2, a verticalsection through line 0000; Fig. 3, a detailof the bench-hook.

The object of this invention is to confine a piece oflumber of anylength by pressure on its two ends, instead of on its sides, for thepurpose of holding the same while being dressed by the plane, chisel, orother tool.

In the drawing, D is a frame or box, having a flange, d, pierced withholes to admit of the passage of screws, by which it can be fastened tothe carpenters bench. The box D is fitted into a hole made in the top ofthe bench at one end thereof, so that the top of the flange d is flushwith the top of the bench. Inside of this box D slides a block orcarriage, B, which is provided on its two sides with the tongues J,which slide in two grooves, f, i

made in the inner side of the box. The carriage B is moved horizontally,backward or forward, by a screw, E, working through a piece, 0, whichforms one of the end pieces of the box D. The piece 0 is dovetailed inthe end of the box D, and is fastened securely by a bolt, a, passingthrough said box and piece 0. 'One end of the screw E is provided with aperforated boss, through which passes a leverarin for operating thesame, and the other end of said screw is fastened in the slidingcarriage by aswivel-joint, and operates the same back and forth. Avertical screw, F, operated by a wheel, b, at its lower end,

works up and down through block or carriage B, and elevates ordepresses, by means of a swivel-joint, a clamping-block, A. Said blockA, when not in use, fits within a recess in carriage B, and is flushwith the bench. It has also a roughened face for clamping the lumber tobe dressed, and is provided with a guide-pin, g, which moves through thecarriage B, and keeps the clamping-block always in proper position. Theend of the piece of stuff or lumber which is opposite to that clamped byblock A is pressed against a bench-hook, X, provided with a side spring,8, and a toothed head. This bench-hook is to be fitted into any one of aseries of holes made through the top of the bench, which are about thesame distance apart as the length of the adjustment of the slidingcarriage, the spring holding the hook X, tightly in the sockets orholes. By means of this arrangement the distance between the bench-hookand the piece A of the vise can be regulated to suit any ordinary lengthof lumber, and the said lumber be effectually prevented from slippingwhile being dressed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is I 1. Thescrew E, the carriage l3, having tongue J, and the frame or box D,having grooves f, all combined and arranged substantially as and for thepurpose described.

2. The carriage B, clamping-block A, the screw F, and the guide-pin g,all combined and arranged substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 9th day ofNovember, A. D. 1874.

PIERRE RIMBOLD.

Witnesses:

U. FELDTMANN, ANTON ADAM.

